disable /tmp/mozilla download
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(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement, P5)
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(Reporter: jjb, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:74.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/74.0
Steps to reproduce:
am downloading files
Mozilla is using /tmp/mozilla to store downloads.
I want store files to be in Downloads. ad a rule. default.
Actual results:
Mozilla is using /tmp/mozilla to store downloads. I have to change for every file the destination.
Now i cannot edit files and save, but have to change destination.
Expected results:
Mozilla should use Downloads
because now I have to change download destination every time I do download a file.
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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Did you set a downloads folder in about:preferences, Downloads section?
Yes I have. set Downloads.
FF does use this tmp/moz directory when I open a file from a website and edit it. So FF does make a difference between Download a file and Open a file. I would like to always use Downloads.
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Comment 4•5 years ago
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yes, if you directly open a file it is downloaded into the temp folder, while if you download it it gets downloaded to either the default download folder (that you set in preferences) or it can ask for a destination every time.
There is no option to temporarily download files into the downloads folder, since opening a file directly is intended to go to a volatile destination (otherwise you would save the file and then open it). It sounds like you are looking for something like "Save and open when done"?
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Comment 5•5 years ago
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I'm not completely sure what's the expected outcome here. there is some discussion ongoing to directly download certain files to the downloads folder, but the approach is unclear yet, because it can easily bring to filling up the download folder with temporary files the user didn't care that much about.
The only workaround currently is to Save and then open from the downloads panel, that is not too bad, but of course not optimal if you'd like to just do it in a single click. also complicating the "download as" dialog sounds like a no go, it's already far too complex.
I'll keep this as a future enhancement investigation, it's possible some of the downloads studies going on may provide a nice solution to this problem.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 6•3 years ago
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We've changed this in Firefox 98, so this works now.
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